PhD
Finance
The Finance group at MIT Sloan delves into the study of markets for real and financial assets, emphasizing the practical applications of modern financial theory widely adopted by Wall Street and corporations. Students gain a robust understanding of foundational theories and acquire the tools necessary for conducting both theoretical and applied research. After completing coursework in microeconomics and macroeconomics, students tailor their research programs with faculty guidance, often contributing to and expanding on faculty research. Notable faculty members include Hui Chen, whose research intersects asset pricing and corporate finance; Deborah Lucas, known for her work on public sector financial management; and Maryam Farboodi, who explores the economics of big data and its impact on financial markets.
Research from Finance Faculty
Supply chain sustainability: Top ways firms track Scope 3 emissions
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A new report from MIT shows companies remain committed to supply chain sustainability. Policy and freight decarbonization are emerging priorities.
Breaking Through Barriers with the MIT EMBA
Valentina Videva Dufresne is the President of North America and a Group Executive Committee member at Zehnder Group and a member of the MIT EMBA Class of 2021.
Who benefits from AI? New comic explores technology’s impact on labor
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Download “Power and Progress: The Mini-Comic!” for free. A new comic book adapts MIT Nobel Prize-winning economists’ work on how AI affects workers and shared prosperity.
New MIT Sloan courses focus on deep learning, gen AI, and fintech
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Additions to the MIT Sloan 2025 – 2026 course list include Intensive Hands-On Deep Learning, AI and Money, and The Arrhythmia of Finance.
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Full-Time Faculty
Paul Asquith
Gordon Y Billard Professor of Finance
Paul Asquith is the Gordon Y Billard Professor of Finance and a Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Asquith is a specialist in corporate finance and a media source for the field of corporate finance and control, including…
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Hui Chen
Nomura Professor of Finance
Hui Chen is the Nomura Professor of Finance and a Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His research focuses on asset pricing and its connections with corporate finance. Chen is particularly interested in the interactions…
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Taha Choukhmane
Albert F. (1942) & Jeanne P. Clear Career Development Assistant Professor in Global Management
Taha Choukhmane is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He was most recently a postdoctoral fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research interests lie at the intersection of household finance…
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John C. Cox
Nomura Professor of Finance, Emeritus
John Cox is the Nomura Professor of Finance, Emeritus at the MIT Sloan School of Management. A leading authority on corporate finance and finance theory, Cox has developed an inter-temporal financial model broad enough to include the fundamental…
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Maya Bidanda (2024)
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Timothy de Silva (2024)
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Allison Cole (2023)
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Parinitha Sastry (2022)
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Peter Hansen (2021)